So far 2019 has been a great year for studio gear. We’ve had the privilege to test quite a lot it. From plug-ins to outboard, microphones to audio interfaces, monitors to computers… check out our product tests below of some of the best studio gear of 2019.
There’s a lot of talk about summing mixers and how they can transform the sound of your mix. But do they? Check out this video where that theory is tested.
For any producer, be they professional or an enthusiast in the audio world, the choice of interface is paramount, not only for its functionality but also for its durability and design. In this article, Ashea takes a closer look at the Audient iD24.
With no shortage of small desktop synths out there, IK Multimedia have just added a new one to the mix looking for a parking place on your desk. We check out the UNO Synth PRO X to see how its size compares with its sound…
James Richmond has direct experience of the best current high end interfaces providing high channel counts. In this article he shares his thoughts on DADlink, a new protocol which has latency so near to zero that it left him very impressed indeed!
In this article we take a detailed look at audio metering in general and the advanced metering available in Pro Tools Ultimate and Studio and show you what they look like side-by-side.
We’ve recently been exploring DaVinci Resolve as an alternative video editor with audio support. We take a look at one feature Voice Isolation, included with the paid version. We put it to the test to see how it stacks up against an industry leader in realtime dialogue cleaning.
Compact, easy to use gear has democratised podcast production for all. With its eye on the pro market as well, we take a look at Focusrite’s Vocaster One. Are its sounds are up to scratch for engineers and remote talent? Listen and decide.
The Cranborne Audio Camden EC1 microphone preamplifier offers more than its name suggests, quite a lot more. We take it for a spin and find out if the sound is as good as the spec.
Tierra Audio’s stable of studio tools sees a new edition with the release of the New Twenties condenser mic. With a characterful sound and styling to match, we got our hands on one to to soak in its sounds. How does it perform? Listen and decide for yourself…
One would assume that if you spend money on an audio interface that it’s going to give you better audio performance than the standard sound on a Windows PC. But is that true?
Two of our professional contributors, Steve DeMott and William Wittman, decided to put analogue to digital converters, in fact A/D and D/A converters, to the test. They wanted to know if they could hear the difference and which one they preferred of the four units.
Antares recently released a new version of the audio restoration tool Auto-Tune SoundSoap. In this video, Paul Maunder puts it to the test with dialogue recorded on location in a variety of noisy environments…
iZotope has recently announced M1 support for RX9, their flagship audio repair software. Geoff Manchester from iZotope has made this video making comparisons of some of the most common tasks that RX is used.
Universal Audio recently announced their new UAD Spark plugins. They are part of a new subscription offering from UAD. They are also the first native versions of UAD plugins. One big question that some will ask, do they sound the same as the plugins that require DSP processing?
In this article, Mike Thornton shares why the Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max, is his product of 2021 now that we have started to see what the 2nd generation ‘pro’ Apple Silicon computers can do, there is no doubt in his mind that they are awesome.
In this second set of tests using a new Apple Silicon 16-Inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Max SoC with 64GB of unified Memory, we test the new Apple Silicon native HD driver with an HDX1 System and Avid DNxHD and H264 video.
In this article, we explore how you can use a VI and a keyboard to create footsteps of various shoe types on various surfaces, clothes and other body-related movement sounds to help you produce believable Foley.
We have the first post-production test of a 2nd-gen Apple Silicon powered mac computer. We compare it with a 2018 Intel-powered Mac mini running a post session with a ProRes video playing.
We were asked by a member of the community to test how many working instances of Omnisphere we could get to run in Studio One while it still passed audio. The results are mind blowing!
Community member Ru Cook asked us to test recording in Pro Tools at low buffer settings on the new MacBook Pro M1 Max. We did far more than that, with staggering results.
Can IK Multimedia’s T-RackS Tape Machine Collection solve sterility and give us the elixir of analogue? Luke Goddard takes it for a spin to find out.
The ZenGo Synergy Core from Antelope Audio comes bundled with a whole range of free Synergy Core DSP effects and processors that do the heavy lifting so your computer doesn’t have to. But how do you bring them into your tracking and mixing to get the best out of them? In this video and article Luke Goddard shows you how.
With the release of Revoice Pro v4.3, Synchro Arts have raised the bar yet again. For those working in audio post-production the stand out new feature added to Revoice Pro in this release is Smart Align combined with a quick workflow that means you don’t need to leave Pro Tools to sync ADR to location sound.
In the article and video for Production Expert, resident gear junkie James Ivey tests the Trinnov La Remote, a monitor controller for the D-Mon, MC and ST2 systems.
In this article for Production Expert, Mastering Engineer Mike Thorne put the RME ADI-2 FS to the test to see if this is the best audio interface for mastering?
In this video for Production Expert, Brent March tests the Revelator io24, PreSonus' newest audio and midi interface with DSP power, aimed at live streaming, podcasting, and of course, recording.
In the article for Production Expert, James Richmond tests the Trinnov D-MON 12, part of their D-MON series of Digital Monitoring Processors, for those mixing in stereo, 5.1, 7.1 or even 7.1.4 and all their possible combinations.
In this article and video for Production Expert, Si Gordon takes a look at Loopcloud 6, the latest version of a new innovative app created by Loopmasters, leaders in sample library development.
In this article for Production Expert, James Richmond spends time with a pair of EVE Audio SC4070’s. Find out what he thought of them in our latest Tested article.
In this article and series of videos for Production Expert, Brent March takes an in-depth look at the IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro Desktop and puts it through its paces, to truly see if you can get authentic analog sound at a great value price point?